1、Warm-up & Lesson 1The Spirit of Explorers课时过关即时巩固一、根据句意及首字母提示补全句子,使句子完整正确1.At first Sally was f of planes,but two years later,flying to other countries on business is her main business.答案:frightened2.I must a for not being able to meet you.答案:apologise3.I have a that one of my staff will meet you at
2、 the airport.答案:arranged4.My mother felt pleased with herself because she had p my father to give up smoking.答案:persuaded5.The basic causes are u,although certain conditions that may lead to cancer have been discovered.答案:unknown6.Everyone in the class is expected to p in the discussion.答案:participa
3、te7.The school has only been open for six months,so its too early to e its success.答案:evaluate8.Follow the footpath and youll e hit the road.答案:eventually二、用所给单词的适当形式填空1.She decided (leave) on Sunday instead of Monday.答案:to leave2.They had been forced (find)cheap tickets for the show.答案:to find3.Im
4、trying to persuade him (cheer)up.答案:to cheer4.He hopes (have)the problem settled as soon as possible.答案:to have5.Our flight (eventual) left five hours late.答案:eventually6.A series of lucky accidents led the (explore)to his discovery.答案:explorer7.It is now well-known that distant galaxies are probabl
5、y about 10 times (far) than Hubble(哈勃望远镜) can see.答案:farther/further8.Going into hospital can be very (frighten) for a child.答案:frightening9.One way to study different butterflies is to look at a butterfly (collect).答案:collection10.Dick stuck to his dream and became a famous (act)in the end.答案:actor
6、三、用适当的“介词+关系代词”填空1.The teacher I learnt most was Mrs Zhu.答案:from whom2.Whats the name of the sport you go in a boat?答案:for which3.Mathematics is the subject I am most interested.答案:in which4.This is the question we have had a discussion.答案:about which5.This is the house I was born.答案:in which6.Is th
7、at the girl you lent your bicycle?答案:to whom7.This is the pen I wrote the letter.答案:with which8.Is that the fish you asked the waiter?答案:for which9.I need a knife I can cut the cake.答案:with which10.Do you remember the days we stayed together?答案:in which四、选词填空whichwhowith whomwhereof whichthatMy name
8、 is Han Hailin.I live on an island,1. is in the south of China.Its called Hainan Island.There are many animals 2. live on and around the island.We have monkeys,deer,many kinds of birds,and fisha lot of fish.Hainan Island is a place 3. you can learn a lot about fish.I learned quite a lot about fish f
9、rom my father 4. I have been on many fishing trips.My father is a person 5. makes his living by fishing.He is a fisherman.He taught me about many kinds of fish here,several 6. only live in the sea around Hainan.答案:1.which2.that3.where4.with whom5.who6.of which五、阅读理解Our world is getting smaller and s
10、maller.Miss Yamada,whose plane could cover 800 kilometres an hour,flew around the world in less than fifty hours.The newest planes could go 600 miles (one mile is about 1.609 kilometres) an hour,and we are now developing planes that are even faster.But it used to take a lot longer to go around the w
11、orld.Magellans men were the first to make the trip.It took them more than two years to do so by ship.Magellan was from Portugal,but he sailed for the king of Spain.On September 20,1519,he left Spain with five ships and 240 men.After passing the south tip of South America,they reached the Pacific Oce
12、an,on which they sailed more than one year.Very often they could not see a piece of land for months and they suffered greatly from the lack of food and fresh water.Many of them died of hunger and diseases.They even had to live on sawdust(锯末).Finally in April 1521,Magellan got to the Philippine Islan
13、ds,where he was killed.His men fled and continued their voyage across the Indian Ocean.It was with the greatest difficulty that they passed the Cape of Good Hope.By the time they returned to Spain on December 21,1521,seven out of every eight men had died.Magellans voyage proved that men could sail a
14、round the world and that our earth is a huge ball.1.Miss Yamada could fly round the world in less than fifty hours because .A.our world was getting smaller and smallerB.her plane was the fastest at the time this passage was writtenC.they had developed planes that could go more than 600 miles an hour
15、D.her plane was very fast答案:D解析:由“whose plane could cover 800 kilometres an hour”可知,Yamada的飞机因为飞得很快,所以能在短时间内环游世界一圈。2.According to the passage,the newest plane at that time could go around the world in about .A.fifty hoursB.thirty-five hoursC.forty-one hoursD.thirty-eight hours答案:C解析:由第一段提到的两组数据可计算出最
16、新的飞机环绕地球一圈所需的时间(设为X小时),算式如下:80050 = 6001.609X,求得X约为41小时。3.Magellan was killed in .A.JapanB.ChinaC.the Philippine IslandsD.Spain答案:C解析:由第三段“Finally in April 1521,Magellan got to the Philippine Islands,where he was killed.”可知,C项正确。4.Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?A.Magellans VoyageB.Going Around the WorldC.Sailing Around the World D.The World Is Round答案:A解析:第二段一开头提到“But it used to take a lot longer to go around the world.”,接着讲述了麦哲伦环球航行的路线及在航程中所经历的磨难。
